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Definition of Dysarthria
1. Noun. Impaired articulatory ability resulting from defects in the peripheral motor nerves or in the speech musculature.
Definition of Dysarthria
1. Noun. Difficulty in articulating words due to disturbance in the form or function of the structures that modulate voice into speech. One of first indicative symptoms of myasthenia gravis brought about by an auto-immune response to acetylcholine receptors. ¹
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Definition of Dysarthria
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Dysarthria
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Dysarthria
Literary usage of Dysarthria
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Diagnosis of Nervous Diseases by James Purves-Stewart (1906)
"Disordered articulation, or dysarthria, signifies difficulty in performing ...
In simple dysarthria there is no affection of the cortical centres or paths ..."
2. A Short practice of medicine by Robert A. Fleming (1906)
"Amongst the common types of dysarthria are slurring of syllables, stumbling over
syllables, undue separation of syllables, and the reduplication of ..."
3. An Index of differential diagnosis of main symptoms by Herbert French (1918)
"These cases are differentiated from cases of dysarthria le to lesions of the
bulbar nuclei ... dysarthria of similar origin, but generally of less degree, ..."
4. The Modern Treatment of Nervous and Mental Diseases by William Alanson White, Smith Ely Jelliffe (1913)
"To begin with, there are certain congenital anomalies such as cleft palate or
hare-lip which are associated with dysarthria, while other defects, ..."
5. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1920)
"These tonic and clonic spasms in the tongue, soft palate, etc., also produce the
various types of dysarthria. Differential Diagnosis. ..."
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